Anisa Aubin has finished her 7300 km bicycle race.
She left North Cape in Norway 20 Jun 2018 and reached the beach in Tarifa, Spain on 19 July 2018 at 8:42 am. Unofficial scoring puts her in 9th place.
She said, “I have not had time to deal with emotions still on cloud nine, and in disbelief of what I have even achieved.”
What she has achieved is amazing and potentially she has made the Guinness Book of Records for being the fastest woman to cross Europe. The jury is out on that high point at this time.
The route Aubin took is a single stage race, from the North Cape, Norway to Tarifa, Spain consisting of four parts. The route is about 7368 km long and delivers 80,000 metres of climb. A lot of uphill!
Physically she is recovering from this journey, the pain is easing and her legs are starting to feel better. Her fine motor skills are returning slowly (things like push buttons with elevators, car keys and cellphones) and she is not dropping small items as often.
Another small problem is that her clothing does not fit as well as before the race.
Riders in this event are completely self-supported. Aubin had to strategically choose how much time to devote to riding, resting, and eating each day. Being self-supported also means that drafting is not allowed, receiving any form of support from other racers, family or friends is not allowed and all food, accommodation or repairs must be purchased from commercial sources.
Aubin is raising funds through the Dream Rider organization to provide secondary school scholarships for disadvantaged youth in Malawi. Although her fundraising effort came up shorter than she would have liked she does feel accomplished.
(In the above photo, Anisa is in the water while Javier rests near the bikes!)
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